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Hurricane Maria Update 8: Thursday Sept 21

Tropical Shipping is monitoring Hurricane Maria as it moves through the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the Turks & Caicos Islands.  The ports of Dominica, San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Maarten are currently closed.

Following are our sailings from the Port of Palm Beach for the remainder of this week.  

Note the Bomar Rebecca arrival to Palm Beach from Halifax will be delayed until next Wednesday.  She sailed directly to San Juan to avoid the hurricanes and arrives in San Juan this weekend.

Wednesday Sept 20

  • Tropic Jade sailed to Freeport
  • Tropic Lure sailed to Grand Turk and Puerto Plata – delayed arrival
  • Tropic Tide sailed to St Thomas, Tortola, St Maarten, Antigua, St Kitts, Nevis, and Dominica – delayed arrival

    Thursday Sept 21

  • Tropic Jade will sail to Freeport
  • Tropic Mist will sail to Grand Cayman
  • Caribe Legend will sail to Nassau
  • Tropic Unity will sail to St. Croix, Anguilla, St Barths, Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent, Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada – delayed arrival 

    Friday Sept 22

  • Tropic Jade will sail to Freeport
  • Tropic Opal will sail to Providenciales and Grand Turk – delayed arrival
  • Tropic Night will sail to Providenciales – delayed arrival

    Saturday Sept 23

  • Tropic Jade will sail to St Thomas, St Maarten, and Tortola – delayed arrival

    Sunday Sept 24

  • Caribe Legend will sail to Nassau

Vessel Arrivals in the Islands this week ************Subject to weather conditions

  • Tropic Sun arrived in Antigua today and will proceed to St. Kitts, Nevis, St Maarten, and St Thomas. Please note the port in Dominica is closed.
  • Tropic Carib will arrive in Trinidad tonight and Grenada Friday night.
  • Tropic Palm arrival in Caucedo is delayed and to be determined.
  • Tropic Express arrived in Anguilla today and in St Barths this afternoon.  Tortola and San Juan arrivals are to be determined. 

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